{
  "id": 14838084,
  "title": "‘DWTS’ Pro Val Chmerkovskiy Apologizes to Carrie Ann Inaba for “Careless” Will Smith Oscars Slap Reference: “I Will Do Better”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/dwts-pro-val-chmerkovskiy-apologizes-to-carrie-ann-inaba-for-careless",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-16T01:18:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hollywood Reporter",
    "slug": "the-hollywood-reporter",
    "url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/dwts-val-apologizes-carrie-ann-inaba-will-smith-oscars-slap-1236733459/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The dancer made a post writing, “You almost saw Fresh Prince enter the ballroom last night,\" which prompted the judge to respond with her own social post that read, \"So this is what we are doing now?\"",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}